Reserved Renault also won the Prize that year,
A Frenchman. Diplomacy grew from his belief
That Peace via international law had no peer:
He brought this law to the peace conventions, his ‘brief.’
A bookseller’s son, he became truly erudite,
A professor and French state consultant. His particular insight
Brought agreement from unlikely state and business partners,
Including at the Hague convention on naval ‘war waters.’
His skill at guiding parties to embrace common intents
Gained him praise and remark. Then he sought to implement
The new law on aggression, and on “disengagement.”
His first love was teaching this law to his hundreds of students.
“There are many different friends of peace,” he lectured,
Imbuing the law with potential, a common juncture.
June Edvenson 